"The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit,
the greater your capacity to create."
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I'm hosting another banner swap on
Paper Traders. This one is for Winter and is the last in a series of four banners - one for each season. It has been a lot of fun having these hang in my studio throughout the year... I think they're just so pretty!
Below is a close-up of my banner, showing the detail of one pennant. (Sorry for the grainy cell phone photos.) The blue
Plasticfoil background paper was a fabulous garage sale find earlier this year - I love how it looks frosty. I added some extra shine to the chipboard letters by painting over them with some
Gleams and then misting them with
Starburst Stains. I added some shiny metallic touches by threading gold cord through the lace and adding some glitter glue embellishments.
I think the end result is gorgeous, if I do say so myself =)
I have noticed that the leaves on some of the trees are starting to change here in Southern California. The weather's still quite warm and I'm looking forward to some cooler days. It's hard to believe that Autumn will be here soon... this year had going by so fast! This is my third season banner, which we're making in our
Paper Traders group. I am swapping this one with
Barbara Staradumsky and as soon as her banner gets here, I'm swapping it out for my summer one as I look forward to the changing season.
Another fun banner for a swap on Paper Traders. This one is for Summer using half circles which were the perfect shape for some fresh watermelon slices! It's difficult to tell from the photo but these are very sparkly - with glitter accents and generously spritzed with glimmer mist =)
Baseball is starting, the weather is warming up, the ice plant is blooming, the rain is tapering off, everything is green everywhere you look... Spring is here!
To get into the spirit of the season, we had a pennant banner swap on
Paper Traders. Here is a picture of the one I made (which is now winging it's way to
Linda)...
... and I was the lucky recipient of
Darlene's beautiful creation which I will be hanging up in my studio to get my creativity blossoming =)
